This is why you need Vitamins when you are stressed.

The importance of vitamins during stressed periods

These vitamins are required for a number of vital body processes:
Vitamin B complex (several B vitamins)
Vitamin E
and Vitamin C
especially when you fell pressured and stressed.

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Vitamin C
is required for fighting infections and wound healing.
There is some evidence suggesting that inadequate Vitamin C levels may encourage the accumulation of cholesterol in our arteries.
Foods rich in Vitamin C are blackcurrants, rosehips, citrus fruits, leafy green vegetables such as Brussels sprouts and cabbage.

Vitamin B complex
is good for mental activity and many of the body's chemical processes.
Vitamins of the B complex are found in a variety of foods, rich sources are wholegrain cereals, yeast and meat.

They are also needed to make the hormones used during the stress response.

Vitamin E
This keeps the membranes of our cells healthy and might play a beneficial role in the ageing process.
Rich sources of it are vegetable oils, sunflower seeds, wheat germ, hazelnuts, wholegrain cereals and brown rice.

A well-balanced diet should provide an adequate amount of Vitamin B complex and Vitamin C, but to ensure you are not lacking these two vitamins when under stress, we advise you to take supplements.

A Vitamin C supplement of up to 400mg/day should be adequate, when you take too much it for months at a time it could cause kidney stones.

Take Vitamin B complex according to the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) shown on the package.

If you take supplements of Vitamin E it should be with a meal since the presence of polyunsaturated fat is necessary for the absorption of Vitamin E.  It is advisable to not take more than 200mg / day.

Vitamin E and C and some minerals, such as selenium, have antioxidant properties.  Antioxidants fight against free radicals, and free radicals can damage the cells of the body.  It has been linked to a number of diseases.

A number of vitamins and minerals, including Vitamins B, E and C are required for the synthesis of the stress hormones. Our antioxidant levels can get won over during times of stress.  This expose our cells to damage from free radicals so taking supplements of antioxidants can help during stress.